Fancy Clapping press release

Announces the publication of Fancy Clapping, Mark D. Dunn’s latest poetry collection.

Publication date: April 1, 2012.

Contact: Mark D Dunn mddunn@shaw.ca (705) 949-8756

or Laurence Steven, Scrivener Press: laurence@yourscrivenerpress.com

90 pages Scrivener Press (April 1 2012)

ISBN-10: 1896350488

ISBN-13: 978-1896350486

Advanced Praise for Fancy Clapping:

Lorna Crozier says, “In this collection there are "bees on the breath," and a poem runs a red light on a Michigan highway. A reader can do nothing but go with it, ride that energy and exhilaration from the first page to the last. I love the brightness and energy of this poet--and you will too.”

Gary Barwin says, “This vibrant new collection explores the juggling we do, the fancy clapping of innocence and experience. These are witty and inventive metaphysical poems of delight, mortality, loss, libido, myth and the anachronistic weirdness of being alive in the modern world. When a body meets a body, wisdom coming through the wry. Fancy Clapping is handfuls of Dunn’s fanciful Northern Ont-ological wit and bewilderness: the contemporary and the contemplative, an attempt to fly, the mortal blur of palm reading, life’s legerdemain. This book makes you fancy clapping. Indeed, it deserves some: [Applause.]”

About the Author

Poet and songwriter Mark D. Dunn lives in Sault Ste Marie and teaches at Sault College. Fancy Clapping is his second collection of poetry. Dunn’s poems have won the Ted Plantos Memorial Award. His previous collection,Ghost Music, was long-listed for the 2011 Relit Awards

More information and free music:

Blog: http://markddunn.blogspot.com/

Website: http://www.mddunn.com

Video: http://www.youtube.com/user/markddunn

SoundCloud: www.soundcloud.com/mddunn

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A Short Story Review in Cosmic Vinegar

The writer takes the story to task for clunky dialogue. Okay, I accept.

He/She has some interesting things to say about speculative fiction in general.

Although it’s a mixed review, it’s good to have work given such a close reading.

 

SPOILER ALERT

 

The link: http://cosmicvinegar.com/past-issues/reviews-the-importance-of-being-communal/

 

 

The Boy Who Shattered Time

A short story about a time traveler and the government that tries to manipulate him, “The Boy Who Shattered Time,” published on/in The Future Fire.

Preorders of Fancy Clapping

Pre-orders are now available:

Chapters.com

Amazon.ca

Amazon.com

www.scrivenerpress.com info@scrivenerpress.com

“In this collection there

are ‘bees on the breath,’

and a poem runs a red

light on a Michigan

highway. A reader can do

nothing but go with it, ride

that energy and exhilaration

from the first page

to the last. I love the

brightness and energy

of this poet—and you

will too.” – Lorna Crozier

“…handfuls of Dunn’s fanciful Northern Ont-ological

wit and bewilderness…” – Gary Barwin

Blog: http://markddunn.blogspot.com/

Fancy Clapping trailer #1

It’s not much of a video, but:

A Sudbury Friday Night

A fine night it was at Sudbury’s Old Nickel Hotel for the LUminaries/Your Scrivener Press Robbie Burns-themed protest poetry night, with a packed house and many readers. Hey, there was even a piper to close the evening. The event was organized and hosted by Laurence Steven of Your Scrivener Press with significant help from several Laurentian U students. I read four poems (three from Fancy Clapping; one from Ghost Music) and sang “War In Me” (currently unreleased), “Lamb Street Refugee” (from Clay Rooster), and “Rocket” (from Floodgate). More shows/readings are in the works for spring.

 

 

 

 

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